She has four grandchildren and continues to reside in Asheville, where she lives with her second husband Jim Aycock, former publisher of Black Mountain News.

[2] Keever served as the president of the local and district chapters of the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE).

She has held leadership positions with numerous community organizations, including CarePartners, Buncombe County Library Board of Trustees,[4] Buncombe County Board of Health, United Way, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, Asheville/Buncombe League of Women Voters,[3] and the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Task Force.

Keever ran in the 2010 election for the North Carolina House of Representatives in District 115, with the campaign slogan, "putting people first."

[5] After Goforth resigned before the expiration of his term, local Democrats selected Keever to be appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy.

[9] She won the Democratic primary in May 2012 with nearly 57.8% of the vote over Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy (26.5%) and local Timothy Murphy (15.6%).

[14] In March 2019, Keever announced her intention to seek the Democratic Party's nomination to run against incumbent Republican Chuck Edwards in the 48th district of the North Carolina Senate in the 2020 elections.